New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ANIMAL RESEARCH ACT 1985 - SECT 6

6 The Panel

(1) There is by this Act constituted the Animal Research Review Panel.

(2) The Panel shall consist of 12 members appointed by the Minister, of whom:

(a) 3 shall be persons (each having such qualifications as may be prescribed) nominated by the New South Wales Vice-Chancellors’ Committee,

(b) one shall be a person selected by the Minister from a panel of 3 persons (each having such qualifications as may be prescribed) nominated by Medicines Australia,

(c) 2 shall be persons selected by the Minister from a panel of 5 persons (each having such qualifications as may be prescribed) nominated by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, New South Wales,

(d) 2 shall be persons selected by the Minister from a panel of 5 persons (each having such qualifications as may be prescribed) nominated by the Animal Societies’ Federation (N.S.W.),

(e) one shall be a person nominated by the Minister for Health,

(f) one shall be a person nominated by the Minister for Education and Training,

(g) one shall be a person nominated by the Minister for Primary Industries, and

(h) one shall be an officer of the National Parks and Wildlife Service nominated by the Minister administering the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 .

(3) Where, but for this subsection, the Minister would be unable to appoint a member of the Panel because of the failure of the relevant nominating body to nominate a person or panel of persons in accordance with the relevant paragraph of subsection (2):

(a) the Minister may appoint any duly qualified person to hold office as that member, and

(b) the person so appointed shall be a member of the Panel and shall be deemed to have been appointed in accordance with that paragraph.

(4) Where:

(a) a body referred to in subsection (2) changes its name, and

(b) the Minister is satisfied that the change of name is not accompanied by any change in the nature of the body,

the Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, certify to that effect and, on and from the day on which the order is so published, a reference in subsection (2) to that body shall be read as a reference to that body under its changed name.

(5) The Panel shall have and may exercise the functions conferred or imposed on it by or under this or any other Act.

(6) Schedule 1 has effect with respect to the members of the Panel.

(7) Schedule 2 has effect with respect to the procedure of the Panel.